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You mean the Nats and Pirates? Or do you mean that we play the only “legit” MLB caliber pitcher on the Nationals, and then come home to face the Pirates top two starters?
one game in Wash, one game at home against the Pirates, an off day, then two more home games against the Pirates….why an off day two games in and why just one game in Wash, why not a whole series. Just stupid
Couldn’t agree more. The Braves’ don’t seem to get much scheduling love from whoever makes those schedules. At least we don’t play the AL East or Central this year.
It’s an odd interleague year – we face the AL West and…the Blue Jays. What happened to the supposed rivalries? It’s helpful we don’t play the Sox this year, but I kind of liked those games since we came from Boston.
MLB has been doing this for the last couple of years, ie, having a “special” Opening Night game and then having teams go hither and yond. It makes no sense but that’s MLB. The reason for the off-day in the middle of the series, I assume, is to protect in case of bad weather in early April. Since the Pirates only come in once, they want to try to make sure they get all the games in to prevent the situation in which the teams might have to fly in to play on a scheduled off day later.
I think the season starts way too early, which is a function of having three rounds of playoffs and not wanted to cut back on regular season games. At the very least, schedule as many games as possible in warm weather cities for the first week or so. If they would cut back to a 154 game schedule, say, they could start the season at least a little later. Personally, I think the World Series should be over by mid-October because after that it’s really football season. But that would require having to start even earlier.
Marc, I am with you on the 154 game schedule. If anything, so they could make the division series 7 games. Doesn’t help the opening date, though. They should schedule as many as possible in warm weather and domes, for sure.
If you pick a player up on waivers, you’re responsible for his salary. If he clears waivers and is cut, you can pay him the prorated minimum and the original ballclub is stuck with the rest.
just wondering but how many people saw the Kevin Love, UCLA, pre game highlights the other night. He hit a shot from half court, then hit a shot from the other free throw line, then hit a shot from the opposite baseline. He only took two steps and took a normal shot motion, full court, and nothing but net. One of the mot impressive things I’ve ever seen
BC Treehouse Fort, a one-hour sports podcast at BlogTalkRadio that I appeared on a couple weeks ago, has asked me to be a weekly guest. I’ll be on for the last fifteen minutes of the show every Monday, talking about baseball and giving as much love for the Braves as I can. It’ll be on at 8 PM tonight, and I’ll be there starting around 8:40. Come check me out!
To continue a couple comments from the last thread:
Alex R hopes that KJ & Escobar pick it up tonight (& in general, I’m sure). I definitely echo that sentiment – I have both of them in my fantasy league (along w/ McCann), so I’ll be doubly-sad if they struggle much. I generally try to avoid Braves players, but really like all 3 of those guys (as far as being good, young players).
And I definitely take the over on Francoeur seeing over/under 5 pitches tonight. He seemed impatient last night, but it was not one of those nights where he swung at literally everything. I think he does have a good chance of recognizing pitches better & getting more selective. He will always be an aggressive hitter, but I think he is doing a good job at least trying to avoid getting himself out all the time (and recognizes it’s not a good idea to swing at pitches in the LH batter’s box)…
It’s an odd interleague year – we face the AL West and…the Blue Jays. What happened to the supposed rivalries?
I’ve posted this before, but this is Expos fallout. The Jays were the Expos rivals (naturally) but when the Expos became the Nats they picked up the Orioles as rivals. This left Philly rival-less, so they share Boston and Toronto with us although it looks like we get Boston most years. Who knows.
What pisses me off even more about this schedulin thing is that the Braves are only being shown tonight on Peachtree TV. Glavine’s return to ATL cant even get put on TBS, FSS, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, or SportsSouth. This is obsurd
Anyone else having problems with mlb.tv? I missed Glavine’ debut. I am ticked off.
I seem to be blacked out of every game today. Does ESPN have exclusive rights to opening day? Or is MLB.TV messing with me again? Gameday Audio works just fine.
Yeah Desert. I think it’s 613 or something on DirecTV. Since DirecTV doesn’t carry Peachtree TV (or CSS), they’ve set up an alternate feed that I think is only showing the game feed from Peachtree TV, but none of their other crappy programming.
I like the score on top too, but I can pretty much identify whether or not we’re in the top or bottom of an inning in 2 seconds. The whole graphic is just too busy.
Anybody watching on MLB.TV Premium? Is it just me or when you click to watch it in FullScreen you only get a square that covers about 60% of the screen. I know this wasn’t normal last year or during spring training.
LaRoche (vs Houston in playoffs) and vs Natspos in the regular season where he walked back to first after fielding a ball, runner (Johnson?) beat him to the bag were both equally horrible.
Light showers here in south Fulton County; nothing to delay the game, just a little nasty rain in mid to low 50’s weather. Should be at the Ted shortly.
You know what? The hell with Joe West. There’s no excuse for a umpire looking more like he wants to fight than the player he’s disagreeing with. What a freaking jerk.
He’s gotten squeezed a couple of times, but if the opposing team doesn’t bite, that’s a normal ratio for Glavine. Yes, it can be infuriating, but that’s the deal.
What kind of reception did the crowd give Glavine? Did anyone see? I can’t. Sigh. Am in negotiations now with the wife for mlb cable package if we have it. AAAARRRRRGH!
It’s the lefty-righty matchup obsession. The worst violation of this was Mike Remlinger, a left handed pitcher who was better against right handers in his career.
Left handers hit .260/.334/.395 against Remlinger and right handers hit .231/.329/.385 against Remlinger in his career.
Despite that, Cox seemed to use him as some kind of left handed specialist, at least in 2006.
braves14,
After a sliding try on a grounder, might have tweaked a knee that’s been bugging him. Stayed in the game, scored a run in the bottom of the frame, then left. No big deal.
yeah I would have just really hated to see Glavine on TV tonight in his first home game, would really hate to see something like that. I guess TBS would rather show reruns of Friends and ESPN would rather show the 1991 rerun of the world series of poker or something to that effect
I never understand why Bobby outcoaches himself by limiting the batters certain pitchers face (LOOGY or not) and leaving others out there until the vultures swoop in.
Whatever. Weird crap with Acosta and Moylan blowing games on HRs here; those are our two least HR-prone pitchers on the staff. Add in three throwing errors in two games… So whatever.
The hitting was better tonight, and Glavine was fine.
In fairness, we’ve played 2 really tough teams these first two games. When we get to a softer part of our schedule, I’m sure our hitters will start hitting, our fielders will start fielding, and our relievers will start relieving.
Well, CSS has cut away from the game. Probably a good idea.
Ohman really is a natural LOOGY; he can’t get righthanders. And righthanded sidearmers generally struggle with lefties. But using your two most established relievers (other than your closer) there hurt.
Bill James would say that Soriano should have started the eighth, and certainly should have come in with one out and two on and the Pirates about to break it open.
I apologize in advance to all the Christians on the board, because I’m thinking some murderously blasphemous thoughts at the moment, and it’s getting harder and harder for me to keep them to myself.
pitching will come around, but i am worried about the defense. francoeur looks slow, tex cant scoop, kj cant catch, chipper and escobar can’t throw. also, i bet we had to be close to leading the league in errors in the spring.
should we change the pool from when will Hampton fall apart to when will we win a game. At least the starters have done their job. The rest of the players should have just stayed in DC
what’s up with Frenchy’s arm? Seems like people are challenging him . . . and winning this year. Haven’t seen him tonight but wasn’t encouraged by last night.
Well, no Braves on the tube up here in NC, so I suppose I shouldcount my lucky stars that I *only* wasted time watching the Lady Tar Heels yak one up against LSU.
We will be fine guys. We have a great team, just give us a bit of time to gel. Didn’t Philly start off 0-8 last year and win the division. I’ve seen worse.
Joshua, it remains to be seen if we have a “great” team. The starters and lineup 2-6 should be fine, but many good teams have been undone by a bad bullpen/defense.
You know if Cox had taken Acosta out and someone else put the runs in you guys would be saying, “Why doesn’t Bobby just leave him out there and see if he can work his way out of a jam? He’ll never learn if he doesn’t get a chance.”
FYI – In NC (Greensboro/Asheboro area) Time Warner is showing the Peachtree TV feed on a normally blank channel. Its channel 590 on our digital package. If you look on the on-screen menu, the channel title is Brave. Unfortunately – for tonight anyway – I’ve been able to watch the entire game.
Does anyone here subscribe to the MLB’s Game Day audio? I was wondering which radio feeds it sends out. If I subscribe to it, will I be able to listen to the Braves radio feed all the time?
Walking the bases loaded then walking in a run isn’t the best way to start a season. Who is this Matt Capps guy, and why is he still pitching? I’ll take it!
Pete just pointed out that one of the Pirates’ announcers is Steve Blass, though he doesn’t travel with the team, so he doesn’t have to watch the Bucs closer’s Blass disease.
Ok I just found out some guy named John Russell is managing the Pirates. Its going to be a short stint if he keeps leaving his relievers in that long. That was brutal, but nice for the Braves.
Guys, I’m about to break down and pay for some sort of internet TV thing like MLBTV. I heard that ESPN 360 does baseball games, and you can get a deal if you’re a Verizon Wireless customer. Anyone know anything about that?
Booby Cox strikes again. Though a hit and run wouldn’t have been out of the question, but bunting with Diaz com’on we all know that’s not a good thing.
I’m not going to be very happy if my fantasy team has to absorb Matt Capps’ outing and I have to absorb a Braves loss.
BTW, in 2 games, our starters have gone 12 innings, and Bobby has managed to get all 8 relievers work, including two appearances each by our top 2 set-up men.
Bobby loves his bullpen switch-a-roo-ing. So all we have left is Boyer and the starters. Yikes. But as was said, we have the top of the order up. However, it’s Prado instead of KJ.
Bullpen: 10 runs tonight. Midseason form, guys. Way to send a message to the rest of the division, esp since every one of our starters maxes out at 5 innings.
Going to be a long year.
It seems like all we did was upgrade the rotation, which is fine, but when they only go 6 every night, the bullpen and bench become just as important, and we’re seriously lacking in both areas. What good do 6 scoreless innings from a starter do when you cant score or keep them from scoring in the 7th, 8th, and 9th?
brad, our bench and bullpen are both upgraded. we are 2 games into the freakin’ season. step off the ledge. your points hold no water when the sample size is less than 2%.
Oh, we definitely did not deserve to win that. We had like, what, one real hit in that 5-run 9th? I think the Frenchy/Kotsay/Diaz mini-rally in the 12th was the most offense we had after the 4th.
I only really regret Cox bunting Diaz in the 10th and the craptacular offensive show in the 11th. Oh, and it sucked that we got murdered by Xavier Nady.
Let’s take the next two and nip that right in the bud.
They should have gotten Javy out of his street clothes to pinch hit for Corky in the 12th. This team may drive me to drink more than I normally do if these two games are an indication.
I don’t believe in the Beatles. I just believe in the Braves.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pmI believe in both…
March 31st, 2008 at 2:15 pmwhat a terrible schedule to open the season, who approved this
March 31st, 2008 at 2:16 pmYou mean the Nats and Pirates? Or do you mean that we play the only “legit” MLB caliber pitcher on the Nationals, and then come home to face the Pirates top two starters?
March 31st, 2008 at 2:21 pmone game in Wash, one game at home against the Pirates, an off day, then two more home games against the Pirates….why an off day two games in and why just one game in Wash, why not a whole series. Just stupid
March 31st, 2008 at 2:25 pmCouldn’t agree more. The Braves’ don’t seem to get much scheduling love from whoever makes those schedules. At least we don’t play the AL East or Central this year.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:27 pmIt’s an odd interleague year – we face the AL West and…the Blue Jays. What happened to the supposed rivalries? It’s helpful we don’t play the Sox this year, but I kind of liked those games since we came from Boston.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:33 pmI’d take the Chi Sox
March 31st, 2008 at 2:33 pmI predict a blowout from the Bravos today. Then 1-2 runs per game for the rest of the series.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:33 pmNats up opn Phils 4-2 in the 6th. Looking for a two game win streak, watch out now….
Is Rick Ankiel good enough to put up a 30HR/100RBI season. Thats what ESPN has him projected as. Its almost too hard to believe
March 31st, 2008 at 2:42 pmMLB has been doing this for the last couple of years, ie, having a “special” Opening Night game and then having teams go hither and yond. It makes no sense but that’s MLB. The reason for the off-day in the middle of the series, I assume, is to protect in case of bad weather in early April. Since the Pirates only come in once, they want to try to make sure they get all the games in to prevent the situation in which the teams might have to fly in to play on a scheduled off day later.
I think the season starts way too early, which is a function of having three rounds of playoffs and not wanted to cut back on regular season games. At the very least, schedule as many games as possible in warm weather cities for the first week or so. If they would cut back to a 154 game schedule, say, they could start the season at least a little later. Personally, I think the World Series should be over by mid-October because after that it’s really football season. But that would require having to start even earlier.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:02 pmHe might be able to put up a Francoeur in 2006 30/100 season. He’s obviously got some raw power. But they’re going to be pretty empty stats.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:03 pmMarc, I am with you on the 154 game schedule. If anything, so they could make the division series 7 games. Doesn’t help the opening date, though. They should schedule as many as possible in warm weather and domes, for sure.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:07 pmFor those interested in the “Wes Helms watch” this account think he gets released when Lidge comes off the DL.
http://www.delcotimes.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Daily;jsessionid=y9l1HwtGnMGKxFbJnf42JTMpK2TjsNcTfl5PQ1nY8l4pjvFCvFlF!-234095148?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.pgpath=%2FDCT%2FSports&r21.content=%2FDCT%2FSports%2FContentTab_News_1816214
Actually, I would rather have Morgan Ensberg, but I don’t think Helms is useless.
If they cut or waive him, doesn’t that mean pick up team pays major league minimum and Phils pay the rest?
March 31st, 2008 at 3:07 pmNationals beating the Phillies by three runs now. Who saw this coming?
March 31st, 2008 at 3:10 pmIf you pick a player up on waivers, you’re responsible for his salary. If he clears waivers and is cut, you can pay him the prorated minimum and the original ballclub is stuck with the rest.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:10 pmThe Nats are obviously still on a high from last nights win.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:10 pmNow it’s tied 6-6. Burger King gave up a two-run homer to Rollins.
(At least the Phillies could score off him)
March 31st, 2008 at 3:19 pmjust wondering but how many people saw the Kevin Love, UCLA, pre game highlights the other night. He hit a shot from half court, then hit a shot from the other free throw line, then hit a shot from the opposite baseline. He only took two steps and took a normal shot motion, full court, and nothing but net. One of the mot impressive things I’ve ever seen
March 31st, 2008 at 3:34 pmBC Treehouse Fort, a one-hour sports podcast at BlogTalkRadio that I appeared on a couple weeks ago, has asked me to be a weekly guest. I’ll be on for the last fifteen minutes of the show every Monday, talking about baseball and giving as much love for the Braves as I can. It’ll be on at 8 PM tonight, and I’ll be there starting around 8:40. Come check me out!
March 31st, 2008 at 3:43 pmAAR, congrats
March 31st, 2008 at 3:43 pmThanks, CSG.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:44 pmWho doesn’t believe in the Beatles? Thats like not believing in water.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:47 pmYes, congrats!
March 31st, 2008 at 3:47 pmGnats up 9-6 in 9th
March 31st, 2008 at 3:48 pmThe reason we’re not playing the RedSox this year is that Buddy Carlyle threatened to disembowel himself on the mound if we did.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pmYou mean commit sepuku on the mound?
March 31st, 2008 at 3:53 pmLyrics from the John Lennon song “God”:
“I don’t believe in Beatles
I just believe in me”
Of course, I was quoting Ferris Bueller.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:57 pmNationals beat the Phillies by a final score of 11-6.
Marlins losing to the Mets 6-2. At least Santana has given up two runs in five innings…right?
March 31st, 2008 at 4:07 pmTo continue a couple comments from the last thread:
March 31st, 2008 at 4:12 pmAlex R hopes that KJ & Escobar pick it up tonight (& in general, I’m sure). I definitely echo that sentiment – I have both of them in my fantasy league (along w/ McCann), so I’ll be doubly-sad if they struggle much. I generally try to avoid Braves players, but really like all 3 of those guys (as far as being good, young players).
And I definitely take the over on Francoeur seeing over/under 5 pitches tonight. He seemed impatient last night, but it was not one of those nights where he swung at literally everything. I think he does have a good chance of recognizing pitches better & getting more selective. He will always be an aggressive hitter, but I think he is doing a good job at least trying to avoid getting himself out all the time (and recognizes it’s not a good idea to swing at pitches in the LH batter’s box)…
Fukudome just became my favorite player who is not a Brave
March 31st, 2008 at 4:23 pmkj
March 31st, 2008 at 4:27 pmescargot
chipper
tex
mccann
frenchy
kotsay
diaz
lefty
righty
lefty
lefty
lefty
righty
lefty
righty
Good ole Bobby
March 31st, 2008 at 4:46 pmIt’s an odd interleague year – we face the AL West and…the Blue Jays. What happened to the supposed rivalries?
I’ve posted this before, but this is Expos fallout. The Jays were the Expos rivals (naturally) but when the Expos became the Nats they picked up the Orioles as rivals. This left Philly rival-less, so they share Boston and Toronto with us although it looks like we get Boston most years. Who knows.
Interleague play sucks.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:51 pmRemember that Tex is a switch-hitter, csg.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:03 pmJorge Sosa strikes out Willingham to end the Marlins’ 8th. How long will it take Sosa to remember that he sucks this year?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:05 pmAnyone else having problems with mlb.tv? I missed Glavine’ debut. I am ticked off.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:06 pm#35 – yeah so is Chipper
What pisses me off even more about this schedulin thing is that the Braves are only being shown tonight on Peachtree TV. Glavine’s return to ATL cant even get put on TBS, FSS, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, or SportsSouth. This is obsurd
March 31st, 2008 at 5:10 pmBruce Springsteen said that there were 57 channels and nothing on. He was wrong- there are more like *557* channels and there’s still nothing on.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:12 pmAnyone else having problems with mlb.tv? I missed Glavine’ debut. I am ticked off.
I seem to be blacked out of every game today. Does ESPN have exclusive rights to opening day? Or is MLB.TV messing with me again? Gameday Audio works just fine.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:13 pmHow about Javy? That nicely summed up the entrire franchise. Class, all class
March 31st, 2008 at 5:14 pmDunno, but a lot of people on the mlb.tv forums are having problems. It keeps telling me I am logged in from two computers.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:15 pmWelcome back Tom
I have to admit seeing him in the uniform gave me goosebumps.
didnt watch any of his spring training starts
March 31st, 2008 at 5:18 pmLow and away. Great start.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:18 pmThe game’s on CSS if you have that.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:18 pmGot it working Lando. There is Nate McLouth leading off.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:18 pmWalks McLouth. Welcome back.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:19 pmPeachtree TV has a *very* Turner South feel to it. Maybe Rick & Bubba and Junkin’ will come back on.
Pickoff!!
March 31st, 2008 at 5:21 pmMcLouth has been thrown out by a catcher now. Go B-mac!
March 31st, 2008 at 5:21 pmand erased.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:21 pmThese are the Pirates I guess.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:21 pmAWHGT
March 31st, 2008 at 5:22 pmYeah, and those were the nats. Let’s get ‘em and get this thing rolling.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:22 pmhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=XaWU1CmrJNc
Have the Pirates ever been to Boston in the fall?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:23 pmThe Pirates announcers said it’s ok that McLouth got picked off on a ball in the dirt because early in the game you’ve got to take some chances.
I’m going to go ahead and disagree.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:23 pmMy friends satellite service is running a free preview of the MLB channels so if you have those you might be able to catch it there, as well.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:23 pmRobert, it’s been 16 years since those announcers saw a winning Pirates team. You can’t watch that much losing without going slightly batty.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:24 pmI have something called braves alternate channel for free on directtv.. lucky me i guess
March 31st, 2008 at 5:25 pmRoy Oswalt comparison? Except Snell sucks. And always has.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:25 pmYeah Desert. I think it’s 613 or something on DirecTV. Since DirecTV doesn’t carry Peachtree TV (or CSS), they’ve set up an alternate feed that I think is only showing the game feed from Peachtree TV, but none of their other crappy programming.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:27 pmis it me or does that peachtree tv ‘foxbox’ really suck? I think it’s the randomly placed dots.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:28 pmFirst of many, many tomahawk chops
March 31st, 2008 at 5:29 pmLooks like Adam forgot his Ritalin again.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:29 pmC’mon Mac, I thought that was actually a nice play.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:30 pmBeat me to the punch Mac.
..and I like the score on top; wish the outs were a tad bolder.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:30 pmFulton County Bombers- are they going to carry all of the Peachtree TV games this year?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:30 pmIan Snell “sucks”? I’d take him on the Braves’ team.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:30 pmOh, and I know it’s not really relevant, but the Pirates played the future Red Sox in the first World Series.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:31 pmExcept Snell sucks. And always has.
Huh?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:31 pmIan Snell’s not Roy Oswalt-esque. He’s a good #3 for most clubs.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:32 pmWho’s announcing? sounds familiar…
March 31st, 2008 at 5:32 pmHe’s no Oswalt, but he’s a good #2 for most clubs, a great #3 for any club.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:33 pmI like the score on top too, but I can pretty much identify whether or not we’re in the top or bottom of an inning in 2 seconds. The whole graphic is just too busy.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:34 pmi’ll never forget or forgive la roach for the baserunning display against Houston in the playoffs.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:35 pmAnybody watching on MLB.TV Premium? Is it just me or when you click to watch it in FullScreen you only get a square that covers about 60% of the screen. I know this wasn’t normal last year or during spring training.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:36 pmChip Caray and Joe Simpson announcing..
Over/under on Chip Caray “fisted” calls: 6.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:36 pmgawd joe west are you kidding me+???`?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:36 pm“i’ll never forget or forgive la roach for the baserunning display against Houston in the playoffs.”
But he hit a grand slam in that game. Blame Farnsworth, not LaRoche.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:37 pmCory, yes same here and it’s very annoying.
Lots of people complaining about it.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:37 pmLaRoche (vs Houston in playoffs) and vs Natspos in the regular season where he walked back to first after fielding a ball, runner (Johnson?) beat him to the bag were both equally horrible.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:37 pmAndruw would have thrown on target.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:39 pmThat ball narrowly missed johnson. And not Kelly.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:39 pmPlease stop say “seed” Chip. Good Lord. I wish I could figure out how to get the Pirates announcers back. MLB.TV hates me today.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:40 pmDoes Glavine look as bad as Gameday is making him out to be?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:43 pmE4
March 31st, 2008 at 5:44 pmsigh
March 31st, 2008 at 5:44 pmToo many line drives. He always threw too many pitches.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:44 pmNot bad Stu.. just methodical. Little dribbler that Johnson had to come in on and turn, tough play results in the E4 and a 1-0 lead.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:44 pmGlavine looks fine. Joe West looks bad. KJ too.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:44 pmAverage innings pitched/game this year for Glavine: 5.2?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:45 pmLight showers here in south Fulton County; nothing to delay the game, just a little nasty rain in mid to low 50’s weather. Should be at the Ted shortly.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:46 pmIs that five and two-thirds or five and two-tenths?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:47 pmNever mind that, it’s just a tiny shower now that I look on radar.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:47 pmFive and 2/3. I just don’t see him as a 6 (or more) inning guy. Hope I’m wrong, but we need a quality long-reliever to shine.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:48 pmThe know-how-question is still here from tbs… is the Aflac duck coming, too?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:48 pmI’m not sure I’m up for another 162 of Francouer. Did that hit in front of the plate or just on top of it.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:50 pmwell, at least kotsay hit a ball hard..
March 31st, 2008 at 5:51 pmOK, I take the dog out and we give up a run. Apparently I must see every pitch.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:55 pmA lead would be nice sometime this season..
March 31st, 2008 at 5:58 pmThe curse of Peter King: He has Yunel Escobar 4th in the MVP balloting. Maybe the 4th most valuable Brave…
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/03/30/owners/4.html
March 31st, 2008 at 5:59 pmPaging Glenn Hubbard.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:00 pmAnd that’s two boots for KJ…
March 31st, 2008 at 6:00 pmYou know what? The hell with Joe West. There’s no excuse for a umpire looking more like he wants to fight than the player he’s disagreeing with. What a freaking jerk.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:00 pmWhat a breaking ball on strike three to end the frame – mercy!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:02 pmWow, nice curve ball. Even Joe West couldn’t ignore that one.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:02 pmRoy Oswalt wouldn’t have done that.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:07 pmMaybe Glavine can jumpstart the offense.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:08 pmTom Glavine would have made it to third, ten years ago.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:08 pmEscobar is looking very Rentaria-like.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:09 pm“A lead would be nice sometime this season..”
Ask and you shall recieve.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:10 pmYeah baby! Yutility comes through!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:10 pmHey, a lead! Glavine for leadoff!
Renteria would have stopped at second.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:10 pmRenteria definitely would have stopped at second.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:11 pmNicely done.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:12 pmEscobar > Renteria.
Was watching Fox 5 before the game and Escobar was asked how he gaines 15 pounds in the offseason.
“My family is here,” through a translator.. and then Yunel started talking about all the Cuban foods they cook better than he does. Classic.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:12 pmIS Glavine looking better or worse than his line states?
3IP 4H 0ER 1BB 3K’s – on paper it looks good
March 31st, 2008 at 6:14 pmMartin Prado in for Kelly at second. Wow, hope KJ’s alright..
March 31st, 2008 at 6:15 pmseaver, spahn, johnson?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:15 pmMartin Prado at second? Kelly hurt? Cox angry at the errors?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:15 pmIt’s Prado time, baby!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:15 pmI’m watching on Gameday (Darn you TBS!), and it seems like Glavine is ridulously wild. Is this true or are the pitches just mapped wrong?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:16 pmcsg, I can’t say whether he looks better or worse than the numbers. All I can say is he looks like Glavine.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:17 pmdefinitely not wild
March 31st, 2008 at 6:18 pmKJ hurt i think
March 31st, 2008 at 6:18 pmScott Spiezio has just signed a minor league contract with Braves.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:19 pmlooks like he’s hitting the corners on yahoo game tracker but a lot of them are called balls. who knows, 0ER is hard to complain about
March 31st, 2008 at 6:19 pmwell now he actually seems to be struggling a bit
March 31st, 2008 at 6:19 pmGlavine has thrown 38 balls and 39 strikes. How is this not wild? Is he just missing his spots by a little, is the ump bad?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:20 pmHe’s gotten squeezed a couple of times, but if the opposing team doesn’t bite, that’s a normal ratio for Glavine. Yes, it can be infuriating, but that’s the deal.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:23 pmAndruw wouldn’t have done that.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:23 pmAndruw would have…?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:23 pmNice throw.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:23 pmSweet.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:23 pmfirst three innings were a lot of very close calls with at least in my biased eyes a number of them being obv strikes and joe west being ridiculous
March 31st, 2008 at 6:25 pmWhat’s the word on KJ?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:26 pmHe’s on my fantasy team!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:26 pmnice shot!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:26 pmBRIAN! YESSS!
Juuust missed one yesterday not today!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:26 pmMcCain’s ball brought rain.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:27 pmSpeizio. Ehh. Hope his drug problems are behind him..
March 31st, 2008 at 6:29 pmWalks machine!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:29 pmFrenchy with a walk! In March no less!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:29 pmfrancouer walk meter reaches 1.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:30 pmBobby says: “See Ball 4 Frenchy!” (or something like that), and he walks. Now there is some coaching.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:30 pm..a hustling center fielder!
Wow!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:31 pmYay, Kotsay managed to not hit into a DP!
March 31st, 2008 at 6:32 pmThere is some reason Diaz hits 8th, behind Kotsay. I assume it’s Picture-related.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:34 pmSnell on the other hand is pretty wild right now
March 31st, 2008 at 6:34 pmbtw, Andruw with 1 GIDP today.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:35 pmits the lefty/righty obsession Brian
March 31st, 2008 at 6:37 pmWhat a lame hit
March 31st, 2008 at 6:40 pm“Fisted” count: 1.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:40 pmWhat kind of reception did the crowd give Glavine? Did anyone see? I can’t. Sigh. Am in negotiations now with the wife for mlb cable package if we have it. AAAARRRRRGH!
Oh well quality time with my kids….right?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:40 pmIt looks like we’re getting 5 league avg innings out of Glavine today. Who’s rotation slot did he take?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:40 pmChuck James, the official starter of five league-average innings.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:42 pmi’d say 1 EARNED run over 5 is better than league average….
March 31st, 2008 at 6:42 pmJohnny,
March 31st, 2008 at 6:43 pmHuge applause. Roarous.
alright I’ll give it to you blake. 1 ER is better than what Chucky would have given us.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:44 pmThe Braves play here
March 31st, 2008 at 6:45 pmIf he continues to post WHIPs of 1.80, the number of earned runs will increase dramatically.
Still, hard to complain about his handywork thus far tonight. I say he goes at least one more inning.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:47 pmChip just found a way to talk about the non-existent new Marlins stadium during a Pirates/Braves game.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:48 pmcompletely agree Stu, no worries there…
March 31st, 2008 at 6:48 pmYunel’s Cartel. Could be worse.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:48 pmWhy is Kelly starting?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:49 pmIt’s the lefty-righty matchup obsession. The worst violation of this was Mike Remlinger, a left handed pitcher who was better against right handers in his career.
Left handers hit .260/.334/.395 against Remlinger and right handers hit .231/.329/.385 against Remlinger in his career.
Despite that, Cox seemed to use him as some kind of left handed specialist, at least in 2006.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:49 pmBombers:
I’d like to add one to the list for old times sake:
“BELTED!”
March 31st, 2008 at 6:49 pmYunel’s Cartel…
Funny. Perplexing, but funny.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:50 pm#157 Thanks. Anything on KJ?
March 31st, 2008 at 6:52 pmEscobar’s cartel, that’s real cute.
/not
March 31st, 2008 at 6:53 pmwhat on earth was Yunel doing there? Good thing he got back. Now make em pay Tex
March 31st, 2008 at 6:56 pmew.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:56 pmYikes
March 31st, 2008 at 6:56 pmChip Caray’s screaming is much worse than anything Tim McCarver or Joe Morgan has done in their broadcasting careers.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:57 pmShiite.
Nice to see that chip is still going to take inordinate pleasure in seeing the home side get robbed.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:57 pmBy the way, to avoid confusion, I am the artist formerly known as Wryn. Name change with the move to Atlanta.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:57 pm“Great movie!!”… and Chip Caray’s asking if he’s got the right one
March 31st, 2008 at 6:59 pmJust got in and checked the score. Why did KJ get taken out?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:00 pmGraphic of the year:
March 31st, 2008 at 7:02 pmHampton: 5-3 (2005)
Poser
March 31st, 2008 at 7:02 pmbraves14,
March 31st, 2008 at 7:02 pmAfter a sliding try on a grounder, might have tweaked a knee that’s been bugging him. Stayed in the game, scored a run in the bottom of the frame, then left. No big deal.
He was an effective 5-3 though
March 31st, 2008 at 7:03 pmI miss the old Skip and Joe/Pete and Don combos.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:04 pm#177 – undisclosed injury. I think I heard someone mention sore knee after he scored from first on Escobar’s triple
March 31st, 2008 at 7:04 pmI miss everyone except Don Sutton.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:05 pmMike, you are not alone.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:05 pmThanks, FCB.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:06 pmAnd krugerindustrialsmoothing.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:07 pmChris Resop still sucks.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:08 pmso what’s the reason MLB.TV is not carrying this game?
(sorry if I’ve missed the answer above)
March 31st, 2008 at 7:09 pm“Jeff Johnson, aka JJ..”
Thanks Chip Caray, aka CC.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:10 pmIf you live in Braves territory, they block out the game even if you can’t get it on TV.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:11 pmNoisy out… but when McCann starts hitting the ball that hard, look out. He does go on tears.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:12 pmI’m in Louisiana. They say it’s blacked out here. Can’t figure out why.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:14 pmWeird. I guess you’ve been able to get the games in the past. I don’t know if they expanded the territory or what.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:18 pmBig at bat here
March 31st, 2008 at 7:21 pm@193 Your ISP is probably routed from a blackout area in MS.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:22 pmIs it just me or does Francoeur seems noticeably slower in the field thus far.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:23 pmGETS HIS MANNNNN
March 31st, 2008 at 7:23 pmMoylan in. 4-3, 7th inning, 1 out, runner on 3rd.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:24 pm2 outs.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:25 pmCould he have scored?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:25 pmGroundout, runner doesn’t score. 2 out
March 31st, 2008 at 7:26 pmBy the way, until you’ve seen Jason Bay play the outfield in person, you haven’t lived.
I’ll be going to two games on May 10th and 11th to learn a thing or two.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:26 pmDunno, Kyle. I’m following by Gameday.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:26 pmJust damn.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:27 pmEscobar error, game tied. I hate the Braves.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:27 pmError on Escobar’s throw
Tied up.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:28 pmcan’t figure it, but at least I don’t have to listen to Chip Carey and be tempted to cut my ears off.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:28 pmThorman would have had it.
hahahahahahahaha
March 31st, 2008 at 7:28 pmTwo runs in on two fielding errors.
Bogus.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:28 pmSame as last night. Someone needs to tell this team to wake the F%%^&& up or we’ll look up in a few weeks and be 10 games out.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:29 pmIs Moylan this year’s Kali?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:30 pmRing in to pitch to LaRoche. 4th pitcher of the inning.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:30 pmIf Ohman is the LOOGY
What is Ring?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:30 pmAre our pitchers capable of pitching to more than two batters?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:30 pmQuote of the last three years:
“…and the Braves bullpen could not hold the lead…”
March 31st, 2008 at 7:31 pmLaroche out on a pitch 3 feet outside. Don’t miss that.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:31 pmLETHARGIC. By the way, way to turn out Atlantans. Huge crowd tonight. Pfft.
Bobby tried to send a bit of a message by taking out Kelly but they didn’t get the memo.
Wake the fuq up, guys and quit going through the motions.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:31 pm2nd LOOGY
LaRoche K’s. Inning over.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:32 pmGameday is reporting Kelly Johnson left due to an “injured knee.” How specific.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:34 pmYates!
March 31st, 2008 at 7:35 pmSpeaking of Kali…
March 31st, 2008 at 7:35 pmMoylan’s arm will fall off by July….Andruw says count it
March 31st, 2008 at 7:35 pmFirst man off the bench: Gregor Blanco. OOOOH, Bobby.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:36 pmJeff Johnson era: (March 31, 2008 – ..)
My guess: May 10, 2008.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:37 pmWatch Kali take us 1-2-3
March 31st, 2008 at 7:37 pmyeah I would have just really hated to see Glavine on TV tonight in his first home game, would really hate to see something like that. I guess TBS would rather show reruns of Friends and ESPN would rather show the 1991 rerun of the world series of poker or something to that effect
March 31st, 2008 at 7:38 pmhttp://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070714&content_id=2085987&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl
I was at that game last year – a similar ending would be nice.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:40 pmI feel a two run bomb coming.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:40 pmhas Diaz hit a ball out of the infield in these two games?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:41 pmOr a strikeout.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:41 pmPitiful.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:42 pmThey must have left the bats in Orlando.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:43 pmI didn’t get to catch the game earlier. It says Kotsay gunned someone at the plate. What kinda play was it (base hit, sac fly, etc.)?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:43 pmRob,
March 31st, 2008 at 7:45 pmSolid single – Kotsay got the guy (running from 2nd) by 6 feet.
This is kind of like a, ‘meet your 2008 bullpen’ night. They should give away rubbery noodles as the promo.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:45 pmMy gosh.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:45 pmJust kill me.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:45 pmSeriously. Come on.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:46 pmWhat’s worse, being shut down by Ray King, or Yates?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:46 pmWell, that sucked.
I walk in the door. Yunel throws the ball away & then this. I should go back to the airport.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:46 pmShades of ‘06 with this bullpen.
Sweet merciful crap.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:46 pmTypical Braves. Ho hum, consummate professionals, never high never low. We’ll get ‘em tomorrow.
No spark, whatsoever.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:47 pmIs our best shot at this point another passed ball?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:47 pmI welcome all of you to our 2008 bullpen, brace yourselves and come along for a fun-filled ride
March 31st, 2008 at 7:47 pmThe sad thing is, I think the bullpen will be quite good after a bit.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:48 pmNo kidding, Chief. And that worked fine when the rest of the division sucked.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:48 pmManny sucks, Manny sucks….
March 31st, 2008 at 7:49 pmHypothetically, if the Braves were to tie this up…who is left in the bullpen if this goes into extras?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:50 pmDo we know what happened to KJ?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:51 pmWe have a lot of guys who are apparently only allowed to pitch to one batter.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:51 pmRoyce Ring!
March 31st, 2008 at 7:52 pm“Injured knee” is all we know. Probably just a tweak.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:52 pmBennett, Boyer, and Soriano.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:52 pmThe old 45 footer.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:53 pmStrained knee
March 31st, 2008 at 7:53 pmThis will probably turn out to be the big inning.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:55 pmTweaked ACL on his left leg, most likely, considering the play he was injured on
March 31st, 2008 at 7:56 pmI had really hoped that we wouldn’t see Blanco, Prado, Acosta, Ohman, Ring, et al playing decisive roles in a close game.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:56 pmWait, or was it his right that was under him on the slide?
March 31st, 2008 at 7:57 pmYep, shades of ‘06.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:59 pmurlhix, he was going towards first I think, so that would make it his right side.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:59 pmGreat job, all around. G’night.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:59 pmBloody hell…
March 31st, 2008 at 8:00 pmUnbelievable
March 31st, 2008 at 8:00 pmah screw it.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:00 pmWell that was dramatic.
That’s the end of the Acosta experiment.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:00 pmAcosta on anyone’s fantasy team?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:00 pmCongratulations, Manny Acosta! You’re now officially the new Chris Reitsma.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:00 pm0-2 sucks.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pm#257….very Nostradamus.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pmI think Bobby probably should have yanked Acosta a little bit earlier.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pmSometimes you can just tell. This team won’t sniff a division title.
And yes its early, but more holes than Swiss cheese.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pmwtf is Acosta doing? Kali pitches an uneventful shutout inning and Acosta gives up two HRs, including one to Nate McWho?
I guess we’re living in backwards world….
March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pmThere goes my confidence in Acosta for at least two months.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pmDo they realize this is not spring training anymore
March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pmThe Braves are really silencing the critics who picked the Mets or Phillies to win the NL East this year.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:02 pmIf Chris Reitsma was the new Dan Kolb, by the transitive properties of Reitsma, Acosta is the new Kolb.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:02 pmGotta feel good to be Yates tonight. Blow away Chipper, get the win, and watch the guy you were cut for stink up the joint.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:02 pmI never understand why Bobby outcoaches himself by limiting the batters certain pitchers face (LOOGY or not) and leaving others out there until the vultures swoop in.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:03 pmHey, look, it’s the poor man’s Erin Andrews.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:03 pmanyone else wondering right about now if the wrong reliever was traded to the Pirates?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:04 pm#279 – agreed.
Okay, back to work. See everyone next time.
160 to go.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:04 pmfreakin throw strikes!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:04 pmI’m wondering why CSS is now showing something about Memphis instead of the game, and why our bullpen and bench still suck.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:05 pmWhatever. Weird crap with Acosta and Moylan blowing games on HRs here; those are our two least HR-prone pitchers on the staff. Add in three throwing errors in two games… So whatever.
The hitting was better tonight, and Glavine was fine.
But man, hellofa way to start the year.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:05 pmJust arrived home – this is really depressing. And the Mets won. Yuck.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:05 pmIn fairness, we’ve played 2 really tough teams these first two games. When we get to a softer part of our schedule, I’m sure our hitters will start hitting, our fielders will start fielding, and our relievers will start relieving.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:06 pm*4 throwing errors.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:06 pmNo!, chipper didn’t need to hurry. Not that it matters.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:06 pmdefense looks like a remake of the bad news bears … sheesh
March 31st, 2008 at 8:06 pmMets come to town this weekend, so I expect nothing less than a sweep. Of course then we’ll get back to losing to last-place teams again.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:06 pmWell, CSS has cut away from the game. Probably a good idea.
Ohman really is a natural LOOGY; he can’t get righthanders. And righthanded sidearmers generally struggle with lefties. But using your two most established relievers (other than your closer) there hurt.
Bill James would say that Soriano should have started the eighth, and certainly should have come in with one out and two on and the Pirates about to break it open.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:07 pmStu, the players just haven’t gotten used to the field yet.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:07 pmI apologize in advance to all the Christians on the board, because I’m thinking some murderously blasphemous thoughts at the moment, and it’s getting harder and harder for me to keep them to myself.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:08 pmLOL, Stu.
Thank allah we don’t play the Red Sox, what would it be, Oh, 20-2?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:08 pmBill James would probably add something about how Pete Rose didn’t bet on baseball, O.J. didn’t kill his wife, and Mark McGwire didn’t use steroids.
I’m sorry, I love the guy. But he takes skepticism — and not reading anything by anyone else — a bit far.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:09 pmpitching will come around, but i am worried about the defense. francoeur looks slow, tex cant scoop, kj cant catch, chipper and escobar can’t throw. also, i bet we had to be close to leading the league in errors in the spring.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:10 pmnot really impressed yet with Francoeu
March 31st, 2008 at 8:13 pmFWIW, James is on record as saying that OJ did it, and him getting off was Ito’s fault.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:14 pmI dont think the pitching needs to come around, it’s been fine. Starting pitching I mean. The defense really is a shock to me
March 31st, 2008 at 8:15 pmshould we change the pool from when will Hampton fall apart to when will we win a game. At least the starters have done their job. The rest of the players should have just stayed in DC
March 31st, 2008 at 8:16 pmwhat’s up with Frenchy’s arm? Seems like people are challenging him . . . and winning this year. Haven’t seen him tonight but wasn’t encouraged by last night.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:16 pmJeff Bennett: hit, wild pitch.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:17 pmless than stellar is quiet the understatement
March 31st, 2008 at 8:17 pm2 hits. Someone wave the white flag.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:17 pmWell, no Braves on the tube up here in NC, so I suppose I shouldcount my lucky stars that I *only* wasted time watching the Lady Tar Heels yak one up against LSU.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:17 pmI believe two things. Saltalamacchia will be a bust and Francoeur will never be more than he is.
By the way, can we stop pitching BP, yet?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:17 pmHis arm is fine, you have to remember, they’re going to beat him more often than not.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:18 pmManny Acosta is sporting an impressive 54.00 era at the moment
March 31st, 2008 at 8:18 pmWe will be fine guys. We have a great team, just give us a bit of time to gel. Didn’t Philly start off 0-8 last year and win the division. I’ve seen worse.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:19 pmPirates throwing this line at us
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 and still going
March 31st, 2008 at 8:20 pmJoshua, it remains to be seen if we have a “great” team. The starters and lineup 2-6 should be fine, but many good teams have been undone by a bad bullpen/defense.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:21 pmwtf…why did bobby let acosta sit out there and blow the game?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:21 pmlets go 0-45 and then storm back to win the division while simultaneously silencing our critics.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:22 pmTeixeira’s defense is overrated. I was never impressed last year either.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:22 pmB/c…his legs were tired from using guys for one batter 2 innings ago.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:22 pmCox is sitting there thinking – “I’m too old for this sh**”
March 31st, 2008 at 8:23 pmCox is sitting there thinking – “I’m too old for this sh**”
March 31st, 2008 at 8:23 pmWhy doesn’t duplicate posting stop that?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:24 pmYou know if Cox had taken Acosta out and someone else put the runs in you guys would be saying, “Why doesn’t Bobby just leave him out there and see if he can work his way out of a jam? He’ll never learn if he doesn’t get a chance.”
March 31st, 2008 at 8:25 pmSorry for the dup post guys…
March 31st, 2008 at 8:25 pm319, funny, I’m sitting here thinking the same thing.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:26 pmOR, we’d be thinking ‘why didn’t we sign some decent bullpen guys?’
March 31st, 2008 at 8:27 pmanybody complaining about that day off now?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:27 pmcongrats to Darrin Horn, coach at Western Kentucky, who is going to take the same position at South Carolina
bad news for Cubbies, Zambrano left with forearm pain the 5th today
March 31st, 2008 at 8:30 pmWell, as we all know, God has three letters; Ito has three letters. Can’t be a coincidence.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:31 pmFYI – In NC (Greensboro/Asheboro area) Time Warner is showing the Peachtree TV feed on a normally blank channel. Its channel 590 on our digital package. If you look on the on-screen menu, the channel title is Brave. Unfortunately – for tonight anyway – I’ve been able to watch the entire game.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:32 pmWatch out, it’s GOTAY TIME!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:33 pmZambrano left in the seventh, and it’s seemingly an injury to the index finger of his pitching hand.
(Clearly, he’s on my fantasy team.)
March 31st, 2008 at 8:35 pmGlavine was not getting that pitch that they just called Diaz out on.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:36 pmAnd to answer someone’s question earlier, I have both Acosta and Xavier Nady on my team as well…
March 31st, 2008 at 8:36 pm#329 – sorry just posting what ESPN ticker was just saying
March 31st, 2008 at 8:36 pmDoes anyone here subscribe to the MLB’s Game Day audio? I was wondering which radio feeds it sends out. If I subscribe to it, will I be able to listen to the Braves radio feed all the time?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:38 pmLike I tried to post earlier, but for some reason it didn’t go through:
“Watch the Braves load the bases and hit into a double play now.”
March 31st, 2008 at 8:39 pmJ0e West is not a Braves fan. He’s a poor man’s Angel Hernandez.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:39 pmif gamecast is close to being accurate this ump is real bad
March 31st, 2008 at 8:40 pm‘Rissa, I’m on MLB Game Day audio, and WGST has been available the whole time for me, but I didn’t do it last year, so I couldn’t tell you any more.
Come on, Yunel!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:41 pmGotay and Kotsay’s names look very similar.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:41 pmThe Pirates have forgotten how to throw strikes suddenly.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:43 pmTeixeira for walkoff homerun.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:43 pmWalking the bases loaded then walking in a run isn’t the best way to start a season. Who is this Matt Capps guy, and why is he still pitching? I’ll take it!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:43 pmNo way, csg. This pitcher’s not even close. Wonder how we missed signing him.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:44 pmMight as well win it now. C’mon, Tex…
March 31st, 2008 at 8:44 pmPete just pointed out that one of the Pirates’ announcers is Steve Blass, though he doesn’t travel with the team, so he doesn’t have to watch the Bucs closer’s Blass disease.
Yeah, Chipper!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:44 pm11 balls, 4 strikes for Matt Capps.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:45 pmHe could be our 7th-inning guy, should the Pirates release him.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:46 pmMcCann’s been hitting the ball hard all night.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:46 pmTeixiera’s slump continues. It’s up to McCann.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:46 pmHOLY F***ING SH**!!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pmOMG!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pmOh. My. God.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pmI love this game!!!!!!!!!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pmUn-be-lievable!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pmwhat in the world?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pmHoly shnikes!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pmGood thing we’re playing the Pirates.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:47 pmlots of credit to Chipper for hustle, running it out, etc.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pmWOW
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pmSee: #203
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pmThat’s the Pirates in a nutshell.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pmFree baseball
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pmBAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That’s shocking!
Let’s go, Frenchy!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pmWell, at least Pittsburgh has the Penguins and the Steelers.
This inning is so crazy, Francoeur just took the first pitch.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pmNot to nitpick, but Tex, Francoeur and McCann all weakly popped up that inning.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:49 pmFrank, you are absolutely right. How many guys run that out?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:49 pmThe Bad News Bucs.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:49 pmwow wow wow wow wow
March 31st, 2008 at 8:49 pmThey are going to have to bring in Hampton to finish this game.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:49 pmIf there’s a Pirates Journal on the web, its posters must be going ape sh!t
March 31st, 2008 at 8:49 pmDid Joe Simpson realize that the ball didn’t end up 20 feet in front of Bay but about 5-10 feet to the left of him?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:49 pmAnd then call up James to pitch for Hampton
March 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pmI guess Soriano comes on to pitch the 10th.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pmChipper was booking it on that play. He deserves MAD props for running that hard on what was presumably an easy out.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pmWho is managing the Pirates? Do they not have any more relievers that is shocking!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pmOkay, now let’s win this in the 10th. PUHLEESE!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pmearth to jason bay, earth to Jason Bay …
March 31st, 2008 at 8:51 pmBrian McCann: also on my fantasy team!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:51 pm#369, Pirates Journal. I love it.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:52 pmSoriano just gave up a double. Mercy.
Lucky that one didn’t get outta here.
C’mon Soriano.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:52 pmBaseball Gods did their job, now we’ve gotta do ours.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:54 pmIntentional walk to get to Nady, who’s 3-3? Don’t like that.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:55 pmkelly misses that catch, but andruw would have caught the ricochet
March 31st, 2008 at 8:55 pmWhat the heck happened?!?!?! I go away, the Pirates score 5 runs. I go away again, and the Braves score 5 runs! Nice!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:56 pmStrike 3!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:58 pmHe just needed to warm up. ^_^
March 31st, 2008 at 8:59 pmYeah.
Let’s steal this thing. That would be quite a lift.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:59 pmOut of the jam.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:59 pmGO BRAVES!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:00 pmSorry you missed that Rob. It was pretty dang awesome.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:00 pmNice.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:00 pmone good thing about this half inning: there’s no way our bullpen can lose it for us.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:00 pmSo seriously, if the braves don’t get a runner on base, Soriano will probably hit, but if they do and don’t score, who pitches?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:00 pmOk I just found out some guy named John Russell is managing the Pirates. Its going to be a short stint if he keeps leaving his relievers in that long. That was brutal, but nice for the Braves.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:01 pmGuys, I’m about to break down and pay for some sort of internet TV thing like MLBTV. I heard that ESPN 360 does baseball games, and you can get a deal if you’re a Verizon Wireless customer. Anyone know anything about that?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:01 pmAlso, I’m going to say right now that if there are two outs when the pitchers’ spot is due, pinch hit Miller and let him try to belt one.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:01 pmBoyer, forgot about that guy
March 31st, 2008 at 9:01 pmBoyer’s still in the ‘pen. It’ll be interesting to see how far he can go…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:02 pmFranquelis Osoria? That’s not a pitcher, it’s a bad wine.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:02 pmboyer….miller and pena is all that’s left….look for mike hampton to make an appearance tonight if the game goes a few more innings.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:02 pm“Kotsay…he’s got some pop.”
March 31st, 2008 at 9:02 pm-Chip
We still have Pena on the bench, so we got that going for us. Which is nice.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:02 pmBrian, hilarious.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:03 pmNice start, Mark K…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:03 pmBig question approaching: does Soriano know how to bunt?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:04 pmWell, Chip, thanks for telling us about the Coke he was drinking in the dugout…
And Kotsay walks. We either win in this inning or die of shame.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:04 pmdiaz is due
March 31st, 2008 at 9:04 pmCinderella story
March 31st, 2008 at 9:04 pmI found a pirates chat site honestwagner.blogspot.com.
At 10:22 one poster wrote something about the buc bullpen being fun to watch this year. Heh, heh–that didn’t last long.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:05 pmdiaz looks awkward even when he bunts.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:05 pm… Diaz really shouldn’t be bunting here. He’s the best hitter of the next 3.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:05 pmKotsay really silenced his critics with that walk…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:06 pmI don’t think Andruw would have walked there.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:06 pmIt turned out like a bunt.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:07 pmBig knock here from Pena, and we’re saved.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:07 pmgotta walk the hitter here.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:07 pmBooby Cox strikes again. Though a hit and run wouldn’t have been out of the question, but bunting with Diaz com’on we all know that’s not a good thing.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:08 pmCrud.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:10 pmDouble play, inning over.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:10 pmBoy, this is one poorly played game.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:11 pmShiver me timbers!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:11 pm…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:11 pmBaseball gods back to the Pirates side, from what I hear. (can’t see the game)
March 31st, 2008 at 9:11 pmAndruw wouldn’t have…nevermind.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:11 pmafter that play, Kotsay’s critics might regain their voice–at least he’s not as boneheaded as Bay
March 31st, 2008 at 9:11 pmRob, just make sure you stay in the room for the next 10 minutes or so OK?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 pmAndruw would have been too slow to get too far off second…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 pmThe way this is going it will be a morning recap for Mac.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 pmI have to go to bed now. Recap in the morning.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 pmhow was that poorly played? line drive, runner looking to be aggressive and bites. that’s not poorly played.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 pmThe thinking behind having Diaz bunt probably has something to do with the fact he hasn’t hit one out of the infield yet this year.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:13 pmArrrrgggh… (thud)
March 31st, 2008 at 9:13 pmBest comment from Honestwagner:
“Thank god 15 losing seasons makes this tolerable—barely”
March 31st, 2008 at 9:13 pmChot | 03.31.08 – 11:11 pm
I really hate Kotsay
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 pmI’m not going to be very happy if my fantasy team has to absorb Matt Capps’ outing and I have to absorb a Braves loss.
BTW, in 2 games, our starters have gone 12 innings, and Bobby has managed to get all 8 relievers work, including two appearances each by our top 2 set-up men.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 pmjurrjens warming up….hmmm…interesting.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 pmWhatever. As long as Boyer doesn’t absolutely suck, we’ll get the top of the order up with a good shot at getting a run.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 pmThis has been one of the worst Joe West games I’ve ever seen – normally he’s great
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 pmMaybe if our bench wasn’t Prado, Blanco and Pena…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 pmIt’s a nice surprise to give up on a game in the bottom of the eigth at 7pm and discover an hour later that you’re still in it.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:15 pmDon’t forget Corky Miller!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:15 pmBobby loves his bullpen switch-a-roo-ing. So all we have left is Boyer and the starters. Yikes. But as was said, we have the top of the order up. However, it’s Prado instead of KJ.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:16 pmLunatic96, where are you at?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:16 pmBoyer looking solid so far.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:16 pmand jesus, now you guys are looking for complaints. prado, blanco and pena are good bench players considering the shit we’ve been carrying.
diaz is just an absurdly awkward, yet great player.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pmall 4 of his pitches look like strikes on gamecast 3 were called balls
March 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pmApparently Blaine’s throwing 96 mph. And Diaz, making John Dewan’s plus/minus proud, with a nice sliding catch.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pmNot pinch hitting is a good move here for the Pirates; Luis Rivas (their only bench guy left) probably isn’t much better than their pitcher.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pmBoyer hitting 97.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pmOh wait, it was the other team’s pitcher. Oh well, got the job done.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pmthere’s the energy we’ve been looking for (blaine boyer fist pump after a perfect 11th).
March 31st, 2008 at 9:18 pmis this on TV? or even worth watching?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:18 pmYes, compared to Harris, Thorman, Woodward and Orr, they’re hall-of-famers. But that doesn’t make them “great”, it makes them less-sucky.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:18 pmPrado, Escobar, and Chipper due.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:19 pmPrado, first pitch out. Thanks.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:19 pmmmmmmm…..the meat of the lineup.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:19 pmThat’s because Blaine Boyer is a Great American.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:19 pmTrue, Diaz usually manages to get the job done even though he looks clumsy while doing it.
Ryan, Prado’s good compared to Woodward, but not against actual major-league players.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:19 pmEverybody’s getting to play. Maybe spring training’s not over, after all…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:20 pmplease keep me updated, gamecast is way behind
March 31st, 2008 at 9:20 pmSo this game is still going? I guess I forgot it was the Pirates.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:20 pmC’mon Chipper, let’s end it.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 pmGuys, no worries: I’m pretty sure Blaine has at least 15 perfect innings in him tonight.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 pmChipper Jones, Walk-off. Count it.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 pmGreat inning.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 pmEscobar and Chipper quickly gone, inning over. What happened to being patient?! That half-inning took about :30.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 pmWell that sucked.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:22 pmChipper popped out, going to the 12th, Boyer out for his 2nd inning.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:22 pmCount it…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:22 pmWhere’s Joey Devine when you need him?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:23 pmI wonder how many Boyer can go – he used to be a starter.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:23 pmJason Bay’s 0-6 tonight. Nice.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:23 pmI think he got fairly stretched down during the spring.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:23 pmJason Bay’s a Great Canadian.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pmstretched out*
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pm“Fisted” count: 2.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pm0-6 and a dropped popup. I could do that.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pmBoyer looks like he’s lost a few pounds.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pmtex is 0-5
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pmAnd–say it with me–Bay’s on my fantasy team.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pmMcLouth is killing us.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:26 pmHonestWagner has resorted to discussing whether Osoria has 6 fingers.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:26 pmThis is the weirdest strike zone in the history of baseball.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:27 pmI’m in san diego rob cope
March 31st, 2008 at 9:27 pmIn what percentage of fantasy leagues where Nate McLouth is currently a FA will he be added to someone’s roster in the next 24 hours? 100?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:28 pmBoyer might be done. 2 on for Laroche.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:30 pmBay walks.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:30 pmBoyer at 26 pitches, now is the time Bobby
March 31st, 2008 at 9:31 pmThe Pirates have no offense, really…they have to bat LaRoche cleanup and Xavier Nady 5th.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:31 pmbut 16 scrappy hits against our pitching isnt that bad either
March 31st, 2008 at 9:32 pm32 pitches and counting
March 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pmWhomp whomp.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pmI quit.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pmOur bullpen sucks.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pm…
Wow.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pmtold you
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmI hate you Xavier Nady…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmGood to see the guys in mid-season form…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmBullpen implosion — just like ‘06.
Losing games that go deep into extras — just like ‘07.
Bad signs both. Off we go on another up-and-down season.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmNady owes Frank Wren part of next year’s raise.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmAt least Jurrjens won’t have to pitch tonight.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmWell, at least the game’s over.
Shit.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmBullpen: 10 runs tonight. Midseason form, guys. Way to send a message to the rest of the division, esp since every one of our starters maxes out at 5 innings.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmGoing to be a long year.
well there goes that
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pmWell, I have Nady on my fantasy team…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:35 pmwow
March 31st, 2008 at 9:35 pmThis just in for the 100th time tonight–I really dislike Chip Carey and his obsession for “the little things…”
March 31st, 2008 at 9:35 pmMan, this feels like last year. Fall behind, battle back, offense totally turns it off in extras, lose.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:35 pmYeah, I think I’m gonna quit too.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:35 pmXavier Nady is unAmerican….
March 31st, 2008 at 9:36 pmIt seems like all we did was upgrade the rotation, which is fine, but when they only go 6 every night, the bullpen and bench become just as important, and we’re seriously lacking in both areas. What good do 6 scoreless innings from a starter do when you cant score or keep them from scoring in the 7th, 8th, and 9th?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:37 pmYou have to be kidding me. The bullpen stinks
March 31st, 2008 at 9:37 pmhit it to jason bay
March 31st, 2008 at 9:38 pmI’d second-guess Bobby tonight, but I think tonight’s game was more like the Mitchell report. It’s everyone’s fault. Personally, I blame Tim McCarver.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:38 pmHit it to Bay!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:38 pmour 2008 bullpen thus far: 11 runs in 8.2 innings pitched.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:39 pmI blame Joe Morgan.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:39 pmThat’s one.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmProbably not a good sign when your team gets “much-needed rest” with 160 games to go.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmIt’s been a long spring.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmFrenchy! We need more of those when it matters.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmNow just two more of those…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmFrancoeur hits a meaningless homer with 2 outs.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pmgo frenchy!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:41 pmJust when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:41 pmFrenchy. Ha.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:41 pmWouldn’t have been meaningless had Tex and McCann gotten on base.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:41 pmKotsay doubles. Corky to hit.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pmbrad, our bench and bullpen are both upgraded. we are 2 games into the freakin’ season. step off the ledge. your points hold no water when the sample size is less than 2%.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 pmIt’s not as funny as it would be if Boyer hadn’t screwed the pooch, but here’s the latest from HonestWagener:
Bonds would have caught that fly ball to left to end the game against the Braves.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pmGod hates the Atlanta Braves.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pmHahaha. I really want to see Corky Miller come up with a chance to win it….
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pmcould’ve fooled me and the other 527 posts tonight.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pmKotsay’s not sucking so far I think. Radio tends to make me forget what players have done earlier in the night.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pmWouldn’t have been meaningless had Tex and McCann gotten on base.
He probably wouldn’t have hit it if they had.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pmThat’s two.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 pmTrue.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pmhere comes mike hampton, i hope.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pmIt’s up to Abraham.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pmThis team will be the death of us yet.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pmDiaz singles. 2 men on for Corky.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pma careeer .197 hitter at the plate folks.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:44 pmI dreamed all offseason of the day we’d need a HR down 1 in the 9th and Corky Miller popped out of the dugout.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:45 pmI’m gonna stay up for another 1/2 hour just to make sure this one is over.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:46 pmI like these honestwagner guys.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:46 pmI think this game constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:46 pmOh, Kotsay scored on that, my bad…another one run loss in the works?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:46 pmWell that was anti-climactic.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:46 pmI know what it really means, but I keep seeing “Honest Wagner”.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:46 pmOK, *now* it can’t get any worse.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:47 pmIf the Braves weren’t carrying three catchers, who would have been left to hit?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:47 pmGoonight everyone. At least that nightmare game is over.
Two losses in two games…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:47 pmnever mind…thought it meant something else.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:48 pmBraves bullpen + Jager = bad combo.
@ 549: Thorman.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:48 pmHey, what’s our record in 1-run games this season?
We can at least take solace in the fact that our pythagorean record isn’t nearly as bad as our actual record.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:48 pmAt least we know our offense does work
March 31st, 2008 at 9:49 pmThey just wanted to score 2 runs to make it a 1 run game – just to ensure that we once again have one of the worst 1 one game records in the bigs
March 31st, 2008 at 9:49 pmI think we can say in all fairness that we didn’t deserve to win this one.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:49 pmWell, it will take until the ASB for these guys to attempt to get the ERA down to a respectable level.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:51 pmI agree, AAR. The hope was a gift…
March 31st, 2008 at 9:51 pmOh, we definitely did not deserve to win that. We had like, what, one real hit in that 5-run 9th? I think the Frenchy/Kotsay/Diaz mini-rally in the 12th was the most offense we had after the 4th.
I only really regret Cox bunting Diaz in the 10th and the craptacular offensive show in the 11th. Oh, and it sucked that we got murdered by Xavier Nady.
Let’s take the next two and nip that right in the bud.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:52 pmThey should have gotten Javy out of his street clothes to pinch hit for Corky in the 12th. This team may drive me to drink more than I normally do if these two games are an indication.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:58 pmoh, but it gets better…due to our scheduling we have a well needed day off. Two games into the season and we need a break
March 31st, 2008 at 9:58 pmI know there’s a new R.E.M. album coming out today (Tuesday), so I think “Everybody Hurts” is the clear choice for Wednesday’s Game Thread.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:23 pm